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>>dsr12+(OP)
The timing of the release of this tool seems a bit innapropriate, given the state of rioting in a few US cities now. It's going to be incredibly draining on law enforcement in the US for a few years to identify and prosecute criminals involved in riots. Most victims already who have lost their homes, their businesses, and even their loved ones will mostly likely never see the criminals brought to justice given the scale of the violence.

It could be useful to protect people from relatiation under an authoritarian government, such as in Hong Kong. I dislike the idea of a government using mass automatic identification, that could be used again by authoritarians for terrible goals. I also dislike the idea of the opposite and using automatic anonymizing to protect criminals during riots. We're probably going to keep seeing an arms race in this, with good and bad actors on all sides.

>>hangph+Sl
What about identifying the police who are breaking the law? Not just the ones attacking peaceful protesters, but the agents provocateur?

Peaceful protest is being squashed and de-legitimized. This is the flowering of fascism.

>>pstuar+Km
"Peaceful protest is being squashed and de-legitimized. This is the flowering of fascism."

This is really not true. The protests turned quickly into riots and the more heavy-handed police tactics literally started only days later.

The rioters burnt down a police station for gosh sakes.

There are no 'protetors' clashing with police in a violent way. I think decent folks move on after curfew.

It's the adventure-seeking rabble, those out for some photos, who want to see the action first hand, who might want to light something in fire. The people not dispersing at curfew I don't think are ideological or protesters in any sense of the word. It's just youth in antagonism for every and all reasons, as old as time.